Paris Wants To Sue Fox News

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is planning to sue Fox News for its
reporting on her city.

In
a Tuesday interview on CNN, Hidalgo slammed Fox News for
claiming that there were several Muslim-only, "no-go zones"
throughout Paris. Those reports were later retracted by the
network.

"When we're insulted, and when we've had an image, then I think
we'll have to sue, I think we'll have to go to court, in order to
have these words removed," Hidalgo said. "The image of Paris has
been prejudiced, and the honor of Paris has been prejudiced."

Guests and hosts on Fox News have made multiple statements about
the "no-go zones" that the channel subsequently
retracted and apologized for in recent days. The remarks were
based on the assertion that there are areas of Paris in which
Islamic law rules and only Muslims can enter. This is not
correct.

"Over the course of this last
week we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the
Muslim population in Europe — particularly with regard to England
and France," Fox anchor Julie Banderas said over the
weekend,
according to Mediaite.
"This applies especially to discussions of so-called 'no-go
zones' areas where non-Muslims allegedly aren’t allowed in and
police supposedly won't go."

Fox News referenced the "no-go zones" in reports on the recent
terrorist attack against the Paris-based satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo.

Update (5:03
p.m.):Reached for comment, Michael Clemente, an
executive vice president at Fox News, disputed that a lawsuit was
warranted: "We
empathize with the citizens of France as they go through a
healing process and return to everyday life. However, we find the
Mayor’s comments regarding a lawsuit misplaced."